Development Team Meeting Notes (96-99)

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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN UPDATE 8/14/97 9 AM Dan set this meeting for 9 AM in their office in Portland. Ken, Leonazd and Pegg~ went up for the meeting. 7ohn Whittington was invited but couldn't attend. Leonazd's conversation with John yesterday indicated RG was open to looking at retail and transit offices on north side of block and county occupying office space on south side of block. Looked at option of 2 floors retail on north side, but too costly. Donald Drake,lVINIDC retail expert came in for a few minutes to discuss this option. He is planning on a trip ta Salem in the next few weeks to look at azea and retail situation. Dan leans towards county and transit offices in one building; parking under bus m$11 and retail on north end, keeping the retail as separate entity. Better ownership; easier for fin~ncing; minimizes risks for county and transit, more cost effective and more efficient use ~f office space in a 4-6 story design. Want to lower total skin costs and get a better quality building is the goal. L~oking at reducing costs of skin on building. Currently with glass curtain 80°/a of building ~s $30-35 per foot; drivit 20% of building at $10-15 per foot range. - looking at 53,000 squaze f~et vs. Brick at $18-20 per foot and/or glass with punchouts averages $24. Use of bkick option ~ with glass window punchouts @$20-24/sf with 53,000 sf could generate $500,00(~ savings to project. Dan and Byron took Leonard to look at different buildings in Portland ar$a for ideas. Parking structure - now at 316 spaces plus or minus with 354 SF efficiency rating.' Also looking at impact of columns and possibly removing some. Mike at Interfa~e will price out both steel and concrete options. Looking at leaving columns in garage and uSing steel in building - takes up less space. Central corridor with stairs/elevators, seems to be working out well in both the 4 sitory - full length and the 6 story smaller footprint version. Byron was happy with both mechanically. Hesitate to proceed without RG's blessing. Dan is on vacation next week and Cr~ig asked 7ohn to set up meeting with RG early ne~ week, possibly Tuesday, to go over what ha~ been done. Leonard had a print out of a Six story shortened block analysis (without ground flpor) and four full length block analysis (without ground floor). I had them sca.nned at the DatalCenter and will attach them to this email. (Not sure of quality or if you can access to print.)' Dan commented the numbers are looking better. ~